#ifndef _MSwatchRenderBase
#define _MSwatchRenderBase

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// CLASS:    MSwatchRenderBase
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// ****************************************************************************
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// CLASS DESCRIPTION (MSwatchRenderBase)
//
// ****************************************************************************

#if defined __cplusplus

#ifdef _WIN32
#pragma warning(disable: 4522)
#endif // _WIN32

// INCLUDED HEADER FILES


#include <maya/MImage.h>

// DECLARATIONS

class MObject ;

/// Swatch Render Base class 
/**
A class providing an interface through which a plugin can implement a
class to provide custom rendered images for swatches which are
displayed in hypershade and the Attribute Editor.

By deriving from this class and implementing the doIteration function,
swatches for nodes (having the required classification) can be custom
rendered by the plugin.

The derived class needs to be registered with Maya using the interface
provided by MSwatchRenderRegister.  Please refer to documentation of
MSwatchRenderRegister for more details.

To indicate that swatch for a certain node type will be generated by
the plugin the classfication string of the node needs to contain the
following string : "swatch/<swatch generator name>" The swatch
generator name string should match the name used to register the
swatch generator class.
*/
class OPENMAYARENDER_EXPORT MSwatchRenderBase {
public:
	/// constructor 
	MSwatchRenderBase(MObject obj, MObject renderObj, int res);
	
	/// destructor 
	virtual	~MSwatchRenderBase();

	/// Method called to do swatch image generation, derived classes
	/// needs to implement this.
	virtual bool doIteration()  ;

	/// returns the node for which the swatch is required to be generated
	MObject swatchNode() const ;
	/// returns the node used to compute the swatch
	MObject node() const ;

	/// returns the expected resolution of the swatch image 
	int		resolution() const ;
	
	/// returns the swatch image
	MImage&  image() ;
	// this has to be a reference otherwise the internal image gets deleted !

protected :
	// node for which the swatch is required
	MObject fObjToSwatch ;
	MObject fObjToRender ;

	// object in which the swatch image should be stored
	MImage fImage ;

	// resolution at which the swatch image is to be generated
	int fRes ;
	
private:
	// No private members
};

inline 
MObject MSwatchRenderBase::swatchNode() const
{
	return fObjToSwatch ;
}

inline 
MObject MSwatchRenderBase::node() const
{
	return fObjToRender ;
}

inline int		
MSwatchRenderBase::resolution() const
{
	return fRes ;
}

inline MImage&
MSwatchRenderBase::image() 
{
	return fImage ;
}

#ifdef _WIN32
#pragma warning(default: 4522)
#endif // _WIN32

// ****************************************************************************

#endif /* __cplusplus */
#endif /* _MSwatchRenderBase */